Caprice Bragg
It's the job of Caprice Bragg and her staff to make the community aware of the philanthropic opportunities at The Cleveland Foundation. They also help donors plan their giving and understand the tax and financial consequences of their choices.

Laurie Brlas
If you want to hear great things about Laurie Brlas, you're better off on these pages, or maybe talking to one of her colleagues, than you would be talking to her.

Phyllis Brody
As a young stay-at-home mother in the mid-1970s, Phyllis Brody was troubled by what she called the 'turkey syndrome.'

Inajo Davis Chappell
It's not just that Inajo Davis Chappell marches to the beat of a different drummer. It's that for her, the drummer might as well be playing the tambourine.

Marilyn Chase
Marilyn Chase always has been effective at sending a message.

Patricia A. Gazey
The world of trucking and warehousing used to be a man's domain. It's not Patricia A. Gazey's fault she was better at running it than most men -- or most anyone else, for that matter.

Monica Green
When Monica Green visited the Grand Canyon for the first time in the 1990s -- after her husband Steve Rosenberg's urging for the umpteenth time -- she found the landmark's vistas had a profound effect on her viewpoint as an architect.

Valerie Lyons
Like many aerospace engineers, Valerie Lyons knew she wanted to work with flying machines when she was 10.

Heather Moore
Heather Moore jewelry has earned international notoriety -- her pieces have landed on the necks of celebrities such as Beyoncé and Paula Deen and on TV shows such as 'Gossip Girl' -- by taking personalization far beyond select-from-a-menu choices.

Ann Nerone
Ann Nerone still shakes her head and chuckles when recounting the details of how she got into the fencing business.

Pat Stropko-O'Leary
Pat Stropko-O'Leary is executive director of Hospice of Medina County, which cares for an average of 150 patients each day. Her employees try to help patients live their last days as they want to live them and to die peacefully.

Victoria Tifft
To find the origins of Clinical Research Management -- a $40 million-a-year contract research organization in Hinckley with 300-plus employees -- well, you've got to start small: with the microscopic parasite that causes malaria.